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Livin' the Dream: July 2014
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Guilin and the Li River. Because of flight delays leaving Shenzhen, it was nearly 2 am by the time we got to our hotel - The Lijiang Waterfall Hotel - in Guilin. Fortunately, they let us sleep in a bit and not have to start too early the next morning. A corner of our room at the Waterfall Hotel. View of the street below our hotel room window. In China, Guilin is considered very small, with a population of only 700,000. Our guide was Tao, and his English was excellent! One woman on our tour was traveling ...
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Livin' the Dream: June 2013
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Yesterday, I finally put Ryann's quilt in the mail! After months and months of stops and starts, of delays and interruptions (including having to pack away all of my sewing area to stage the house to sell) it is finally complete. I'm so happy with how it turned out and I hope she'll love it. Hours I spent making it = 66. Cost of the materials = $191.93. Love in every stitch = immeasurable! I had to stitch the first part of the binding at the dining room table. Since so much is packed away. We found a hou...
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Livin' the Dream: December 2013
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For the first time in several years, we had all of our children and most of our grandchildren together for Thanksgiving. It was great! We actually couldn't all be together on Thanksgiving day, so we enjoyed dinner with our son, Bob, daughters, Laura and Susy, and their families plus Laura's in-laws. Then, on Friday night, we had pie (More than we could eat! The Saturday after T-day, Alice and Penny (Laura's twins) turned three, so, we also had cake with our pie — to celebrate. Mom died on Oct 25 and the ...
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Livin' the Dream: March 2013
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The Blocks are Complete. The quilt blocks are complete! I'm very happy with how they turned out! And, I've begun sewing them together. I'm guessing I have about 8 – 10 hours more work in order to have it ready for quilting. (Sewing on the sashing and border, squaring up the completed top, sewing, trimming and squaring up the backing, and cutting the batting to size) Won't be long, now. Woohoo! Light at the End of the Tunnel. This has been a real labor of love. I expected to mellow a bit more. But, no...
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Livin' the Dream: January 2014
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Christmas came and went and we had a good time visiting with family and friends. Our ward has a good-sized Empty Nesters group who get together once a month for FHE. We hosted the Christmas FHE this year and it was lots of fun. Our family (those who live in the area) had our traditional Christmas Eve buffet at Susy's house. Lots of food and opening of gifts. Heather and Mark invited us to their place after we left Susy's and we played a new word game. Enjoyed that! I think 2014 will be a great year!
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Livin' the Dream: February 2013
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Sophia's Baptism – Jan 19, 2013. On January 16, our granddaughter, Sophia, turned eight, and we were delighted to be able to participate in her baptism that Saturday, Jan. 19. Bob and I drove to Ohio on Friday, arriving at Laura's house about 7 pm Heather, Susy and Susy's kids had driven to Ohio earlier and we got to spend some time with them that night as well as with Laura's family. Travis' parents drove up on Saturday and also stayed at their place. The baptism was beautiful! So glad we could visit wi...
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Chez Crenshaw: Grandma Wade's Butter Quick Breakfast Cake
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Thursday, June 11, 2009. Grandma Wade's Butter Quick Breakfast Cake. Here's the recipe for Grandma Wade's coffee cake. Note: Before making the cake, make the crunchy topping and set aside. (recipe below). 3 tsp baking powder. 1/3 cup soft butter or margarine (room temp. - not melted). This whole cake is mixed by hand, with a fork. No use of electric beaters.). 2 tablespoons soft butter or margarine. 1/4 cup brown sugar. 1 teaspoon cinnamon (can use more or less - as desired). It is worth it!
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Chez Crenshaw: Chocolate Candy Bar Cake
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Monday, November 29, 2010. Chocolate Candy Bar Cake. 1 Swiss Chocolate Cake Mix (or German Chocolate)*. 1 8 oz Package Cream Cheese (softened). 1 cup Powdered Sugar. 10 Milk Chocolate Candy Bars with Almonds (I use Hershey Bars with Almonds, though you could really use any candy bar you want). 1 12 oz Container Cool Whip. 1 Make cake according to directions in three 8" cake pans and bake at 325 degrees for 20-25 minutes. Let cakes cool completely on wire racks. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Chez Crenshaw: Epicly Delicious Pizza Sauce
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Saturday, August 27, 2011. Epicly Delicious Pizza Sauce. I was bored of our pizza recently (as you may know, we have a pizza and movie night once a week, so we eat a LOT of pizza) so I did some research and found this recipe. I totally heart it and you will, too. Ps- I'm also including the new dough recipe which was fabulous! 1 Tbsp olive oil. 1/2 Tbsp chopped garlic. 1 (14 oz) can diced tomatoes. 1 Tbsp chopped fresh basil. 1/2 Tbsp dried oregano. 1 envelope instant dry yeast. 2 tsp kosher salt. Subscri...
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Chez Crenshaw: Outrageous Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Thursday, August 18, 2011. Outrageous Chocolate Chip Cookies. This is another recipe I took from Susy, because I know that several people have asked for it. It is a recipe she got from our Aunt Julette. 1/3 cup brown sugar. 1/2 cup butter (or Susy suggests using 1/4 cup butter and 1/4 cup Crisco). 1/2 cup peanut butter. 1 tsp baking soda. 1 package chocolate chips (6 oz). I hope these are the ones that coming on Friday! August 18, 2011 at 7:48 AM. August 18, 2011 at 9:32 AM. August 23, 2011 at 6:01 PM.